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History in a
Pecan Shell
Settled shortly before the Civil War, the community had
a church and school by 1879 both were called Evergreen as was the community around
the key buildings.
With the granting of a post office in 1891, the townfolk
of Evergreen decided to honor J. M. Procilla (or Procella). The postal authorities
granted the office under the misspelled Percilla, Texas - and it has remained
that way until the present.
In 1896 there were twenty-five citizens of
Percilla who attended three churches and bought food and necessities from two
stores. By 1935 the population doubled to fifty. Percillans had increased to nearly
100 by the mid-70s but with the school and businesses gone it was termed "a dispersed
rural community." A church cemetery and community center still operate - and the
population is still listed as just short of 100.
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